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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding:

    First of all Happy New Years to all.

    We took two boats out on our 1pm scheduled departure today due to the high passenger numbers. We enjoyed the company of almost 250 passengers. The forecasted sea conditions looked good and the

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats today and because of rough sea conditions we decided to sail out from Hafnafjörður and come on land back in Reykjavík. When we sailed out the weather was nice, it started to ra

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Because of high numbers of passengers we sailed out on two boats today. The sea conditions were good, the sea was calm but the boats rocked a little because of long swells from west. We split up, Elding sailed went north but Hafsúlan along th

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    Unfortunately we have cancelled the whale watching tour today due to rough conditions at sea. Please send an email to elding@elding.is or call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: today we went out from Hafnarfjörður due to the swell off Reykjavik and also ended there. We went on two boats due to the number of passengers so that everyone would have as much space as possible on the journey. We left the harbour and h

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: we went out on two boats today as we had a number of passengers. It was as cold as one would expect from late December but the sea was virtually flat and visibility was great; the mountain peaks were also stunningly snow-covered. There wa

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    MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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    Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to rough weather at sea. Please contact our office +354 519 5000 / elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Report form Hafsúlan: What an amazing Christmas tour! Incredible weather, we have not seen such a good day for weeks! The sea was totally flat and the air still so the sailing was wonderful. We had only been sailing for few minutes when we saw 2 pods of white-beaked dolphins! W

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    Unfortunately due to unfavourable conditions at sea, we are cancelling our whale watching tour today. Please call +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: today it was a northern wind which forced us to go one particular route in order to have as comfortable tour as possible. We sailed towards Akranes, looked at Mount Akrafjall and Mount Esja and into the mouth of Hvalfjörður whils

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    Report from hafsúlan: it was cold today, about -5°C but it was at least not windy and the sea was quite calm except for some long swells that rocked the boat. we passed big flocks of birds three times on the tour, first sea gulls that stayed close to two fishing boats. Then

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    The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please feel free to contact us via email elding@elding.is or give us a call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was fantastic when we sailed out on the bay this afternoon, the air was still and the mountains around us were all white with snow. We started to sail north towards a small fishing town called Akranes. Then we sailed west to go further out o

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    Report from Hafsúlan: Today we went out from Hafnarfjörður as there we would be mostly sheltered from the wind and sailed towards Reykjavik but first we went a little to the west along the Vatnsleysuströnd coastline. The whole time there was some swell, cold and windy bu

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    The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please feel free to contact us via email elding@elding.is or give us a call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.

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    Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to the storm. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report for Hafsúlan: With all the bad weather that has been happening this December its great just to be going out into the bay. The sea conditions were good the sunrise/rise was beautiful and the landscape stunning with the new white frosting. It was however, incredibly

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    Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to unfavourable weather conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we went out with almost a full boat and started off by going to the same area as we had seen the orcas in yesterday, however the conditions were different than yesterday; the wind was stronger and increasing, coming from the west on top of that.